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On 02/03/2011
Our Vocational Service Committee with the help of our local MSP James Kelly
organised a visit to the Scottish Parliament combined with a lunch visit to the
Edinburgh Braids Rotary Club.
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On 15/03/2011
Our Vocational service Committee organised our annual Public Speaking Competition between local Schools for our Sir James Munn Memorial Cup
Held in Stonelaw Parish Church the winners from Fernhill school are shown below being presented with the trophy by Committee Chairman Brian Williams.
This success has been recorded in the very excellent Web Site run by Fernhill School
and well worth a look by clicking on the link below.
http://www.fernhillschool.co.
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On 18/03/2011
Our Vocational Service Committee organised our Fellowship weekend.
Held again at the Iles of Glencoe Hotel at Ballahulish this was much enjoyed by the patricipants
as can be seen from these photographs.
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On 06/04/2011
Our International Service Committee organised our annual International Scholars Night
at the Cathkinbraes Golf Club. This most enjoyable event giving us an opportunity
to provide some Scottish hospitality to foreign students studying in Glasgow.
On 27/04/2011
Our Vocational Service Committee organised a visit to the Vintage Bus Garage at Bridgeton.
Below are some of PP Andy Cattanach's photos of this enjoyable event.
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On 10/06/2011
Our Community Service Committee organised a visit to Blair Drummond Safari Park
for the pupils of Rutherglen High School.
As you can see a great time was had by one and all.
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Honour for our President Elect.
(Article from the Rutherglen reformer)
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5th July 2011
Honour for the wife of our members, Jim Bolton.
Pat Bolton OBE
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On Thursday 7th July 2011
President Eddie handed over to President Elect Barry Toshner,
in the presence of our distinguished visitor District Governor Roberta Gaitan.
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The obvious hilarity was John Leslie, our senior member, during his usual exemplary annual
handover vote of thanks presenting Eddie with a Fez to go with his weekly Tommy Cooper jokes.
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We are indebted to PP Andy Cattanach, as our Club Publicity and Communications Officer,
for this summary of our Club Activities over the last year.
Hopefully this will shortly be published in our local newspaper the Rutherglen Reformer.
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It is now the end of one Rotary Year and the start of a new one with a new President in Barry Toshner
who is taking over from Eddie Goldberg. Barry is supported by President Elect Brian Williams who will succeed him next year.
Barry is a locally based Solicitor with offices in Cambuslang..
Eddie has presided over another very good year in a second term for him in Rutherglen Rotary Club. He was delighted to welcome Scott Allan and Ken Burgess into the Club in his year and it is hoped that this will progress during Barry’s year.
At the AGM Eddie paid tribute to retiring secretary Brian Cole-Hamilton for his dedicated and efficient handling of the Club’s secretarial duties over the past 5 years.
There was great enjoyment for all members in the fellowship, social gatherings and events. As always this was accompanied by a considerable number of good causes, local, National and International, benefitting both financially and in practical ways.
Some examples from the year are included in the following.
A very successful Race Night and Christmas Bucket Collection. The "Thanks for Life" collection in Tesco and Morrisons to aid of the "End Polio Now" campaign. The distribution of Christmas Parcels to several families in the Rutherglen area had been greatly appreciated by the recipients as have those benefiting from Rotary Club's provision of the taxi service for Rutherglen carers
The Flat in Largs was used well to provide holidays for those in the community who would otherwise not get one.
The annual Quiz Night held in Cathkin Braes Golf Club and the International Students Night held in the same venue raised over £500 and this amount was matched by a donation from the Mory Wilson Trust and a cheque for £1000 was sent to the chosen charity "Mary’s Meals"
The International Scholars Night turned out to be a very pleasant evening and was well supported by Club Members and their partners who enjoyed meeting the professional and business people from many parts of the globe.
This year we were also able to sponsor a pupil from Stonelaw High School, Hannah McCarthy to the European Parliament as a participant in Euroschola 2010.
The EK Rotary Club ‘Doon the Watter’ Waverley Cruise was supported by several Rutherglen Rotarians and their partners in July 2010.
In November we visited an EK Kittoch Club meeting to hear the, then Motherwell FC, football manager Craig Brown give an excellent presentation .
In the same week a number of Rotarians supported the Rutherglen Inner Wheel Musical Evening in Pollokshields Burgh Halls.
Several of our members attended the Strathaven Club’s Annual Burns Supper in January 2011.
The Jazz Dance Night event in Rutherglen Masonic Halls in February raised funds for Erskine Hospital and was well attended including visitors from the EK club.
In early March, a minibus load of our members travelled to Edinburgh, lunched as guests of the Braid Rotary Club and then, at the invitation of James Kelly MSP, observed a session of the Holyrood Parliament.
Following the success of the previous year’s Schools Public Speaking Competition we held the event again in Stonelaw Parish Church on the 15th March. Four local schools showed initial interest and three ie Cathkin, Fernhill and Stonelaw took part with Fernhill taking the prize.
The judges were once more from the Glasgow Speakers’ Club. Again the standard of presentations was outstanding and the Fernhill team were presented with the Sir James Munn Memorial Trophy.
The Club's Fellowship Weekend at Ballachulish in late March was an outstanding success and well attended by members of the club and their partners.
A good number of our club members attended a stimulating evening visit to the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust at Bridgeton Bus Garage in April.
Of particular satisfaction was the day trip taking almost all of Rutherglen High School's pupils and staff to Blair Drummond Safari Park where some Rotarians really got in the spirit with goes on the dodgems and other fairground rides.
Most recently a donation of £1000 went to help the famine victims in the Horn of Africa.
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08/09/2011
This week the Rutherglen Rotary Club are hosting 5 guests from Chile as part of the Rotary Foundation's Group Study Exchange (GSE) programme organised by Rutherglen Past President Bill McIntosh.
(Rotary Foundation is Rotary's own charity)
GSE is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for business people and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. The programme provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries.
For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country's culture and institutions, observe how their vocations are practised abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas.
In a typical four-week tour, applicants participate in five full days of vocational visits, 15 to 20 club presentations, 10 to 15 formal visits and social events, two to three days at the District Conference, three to four hours per day of cultural and site tours, and three to four hours per day of free time with host families. For each team member, the Foundation provides the most economical round-trip airline ticket.
During their time with Rutherglen the 5 team members will be hosted by Rutherglen Rotary member families, Past President Duncan McIntosh, Past President Stuart Kemp, Past President Ian Wilson, Past President David Paul, and Vice President Brian Williams. While with this club from Thursday to Sunday they will make the following vocational visits,
Enrique Runin (Engineer) -
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
The Falkirk Wheel
Marcella Trivino (Architect) -
Clyde Gateway Urban Renewal Project with lunch at The Art Club in Glasgow
Glasgow School of Art
Mauricio Hinostroza (Vet) -
All day visit to The Roslin Institute in Edinburgh
Pablo Duran (Lawyer) -
Visit to lawyers office in Glasgow with visit to Sheriff Courts dependent on business
BBC Scotland premises on Clydeside
Rolando Schmidt (Military Dentist) -
Royal College of Surgeons, Physicians & Dentists
Lanark Visitor Centre in the afternoon.
As a finale to the visit a "Red Hot Chile" Charity Ceilidh will be held in the visitors honour on Saturday evening before they move on to Ayr Rotary Club.
In the attached photo are L to R, Rolando Schmidt, RutherglenVice President Brian Williams, Marcella Trivino, Pablo Duran, Mauricio Hinostroza & GSE Team Leader Enrique Runin.
(The Web Site is indebted to our Publicity and Communications Officer PP Andy Cattanach for
the above report and picture.)
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22/09/2011
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2011
This year's Local schools Public Speaking Competition for our Sir James Munn Memorial Cup
was organised by Rotarian PP Jim Fitzpatrick
who organised assessors from the Glasgow Speaker's Club.
The Cathkin High Team :-
Ciara Young, Erin McGlinchey & Jenna Mellon with teacher Louise Semple.
The Stonelaw High Team :-
Teacher Garry Waltham, Emma Watson, Cameron Bryce and Lesley Wynn.
The winning team from Fernhill :-
Marisa Dougan, Mellissa Lee Anna Carney With Lady Munn and teacher Michelle Scarse.
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